bell captain
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bell captain (plural bell captains)
- A supervisor of bellhops in a hotel.
- c. 1920, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 2, in Flowing Gold:
- He returned to his hotel that afternoon . . . but he received an electric shock as he approached the desk, for the bell captain addressed him, saying: "Mr. Haviland wishes to see you at once, in his office."